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A human book doctor
with an AI nurse practitioner.
For congested manuscripts, feverish drafts, and splitting ideas.
Explore your writing through focused AI lenses shaped by Charles Blackstone’s Art of Friction Method, followed by a comprehensive diagnosis. Then, wherever you are in the process, work with Charles himself in a comprehensive collaboration built around achievable next steps to take your work as far as you want it to go—from ideation and drafting through revision, pitching, publication, marketing, and publicity.
01 / AI INTAKEBegin with the evidence: the pages themselves.
No pages yet?
Begin with the idea, question, experience, or expertise you want to turn into a book. Charles will help you find the form and an achievable first step.
What are we working on?
Every draft starts somewhere.
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An editorial practice
Begin with your question.
A pitch, a chapter, a full manuscript. Start with what you have and what you want to understand about it.
Charles, his work, and his booksA first encounter with the method